Lynell Hamilton‘s season-ending injury has put the Saints back in the running back market.

Find out what I’ll be watching on Thursday night when the NFL’s preseason schedule continues with three games.

Buccaneers fans may be growing a little anxious over some perceived inaction by the team’s front office. But general manager Mark Dominik is preaching patience.

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The Super Bowl champion Saints could be creating a vacancy for LaDainian Tomlinson by apparently allowing running back Mike Bell to become a free agent. Bell was not one of the 13 restricted free agents they tendered on Thursday.

Saints TE Jeremy Shockey (knee), FS Darren Sharper (knee) and LB Jonathan Vilma (knee) seemingly worked in every practice drill Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla., and looked good despite their injuries, according to Super Bowl pool reporter John Czarnecki.

The Saints received good news on the injury front Friday, when CB Malcolm Jenkins (hamstring), FS Darren Sharper (knee) and LB Jonathan Vilma (knee) all returned to practice, albeit in limited fashion.

Welcome back to the fantasy world, Pierre Thomas!

Brett Favre’s last-second miracle pass made his good stat line great for fantasy owners.

Check out my fantasy spin on the news and notes from the most pressing injuries around the league, including LaDainian Tomlinson and Randy Moss.

Fantasy owners need to monitor the backfield situation in New Orleans very closely this week.